Ashton Kutcher just got the job in Two and Half men for allegedly $1 million dollar per episode. So, we think that a half hour entertainment warrants a cool $ 1 million pay check? A neurosurgeon removing a brain tumor in a child can ask $3796.00 for a 3 hour operation. Then he has the added benefit of possibly being sued if the parents do not like the outcome. Can I sue Ashton Kutcher if I do not like the episode?
A Neurosurgeon studies 12 years with at least 10 000 hours of experience. Are we teaching the next generation the value of hard work and service or rather instant riches. Are we teaching them that hard work and service to fellow human-beings will be punished? As they say in the classics:" No good deed will go unpunished" Are we advocating riches at any cost and with as little as possible effort? Instant success?
Nobody blinks an eye when a movie star is paid millions for a movie and yet we do not want to pay the person that teach our kids, keeps us safe or have the precarious job of saving our life. What does that say about our values? What does that teach the next generation? Take the easy road, the instant gratification, instant fame?
Satisfaction and self esteem is developed through reaching difficult goals, overcoming obstacles. Is that why prozac has become such a frequently used drug? Can it be why so many stars are in rehab or being treated for depression? Are we creating the instant depressive generation - shallow and with no values?
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